Ontkennende Vorm Rules

Question 1

For a basic sentence, what is the rule? For example:

Ek lees ‘n boek

Answer 1

STEP 1: Identify the first verb
STEP 2: Put a ‘nie’ after the first verb
STEP 3: Put a ‘nie’ at the end of the sentence

Question 2

What is the rule regarding pronouns in ontkennende vorm? For example:

Ek bel Pieter op sy selfoon? OR
Hy bel my op my selfoon?

Answer 2

STEP 1: Identify the pronoun that comes after the first verb (if there is one)
STEP 2: Put the ‘nie’ after the pronoun and NOT the verb
STEP 3: Put the last nie at the end of the sentence

E.g. Ek bel Pieter NIE op sy selfoon NIE or
Hy bel my NIE op my selfoon NIE

Question 3

What is the rule if the sentence is asking a question and we have to put it into the negative form? For example:

Is dit vandag koud? or
Hou jy van skool?

Answer 3

STEP 1: When a question is asked, we ANSWER it in the negative form
STEP 2: The question needs to be answered as if it is being addressed TO YOU
STEP 3: Change the pronouns in order to make sense. It is kind of like direct and indirect in that sense
STEP 4: Start your answer with the word ‘NEE’
STEP 5: Apply any other relevant negative rules

E.g. NEE, dit is NIE vandag koud NIE
NEE, EK hou NIE van skool NIE

Question 4

If the sentence we are required to put into the negative is a command, for example:

‘Antwoord die telefoon’

How would you put this in the negative?

Answer 4

STEP 1: Start the sentence with ‘MOENIE’
STEP 2: Identify the verb and sent it to the end
STEP 3: Apply any other relevant negative rules, taking pronouns into account

E.g. MOENIE die telefoon ANTWOORD NIE

Question 5

What happens if there is not only a command, but there is an ‘asseblief’ in the command?

For example: Antwoord asseblief die telefoon!

Answer 5

STEP 1: Start the sentence with MOET ASSEBLIEF NIE
STEP 2: Identify the verb and send it to the end
STEP 3: Apply any other relevant negative rules, taking pronouns into account

E.g. MOET ASSEBLIEF NIE die telefoon ANTWOORD NIE